The Dendera Zodiac

Venus


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This website animates the sculpture using the NASA DE441 and DE431 ephemerides, which contain the highly accurate positions of the solar system planets, as its data sources for the angular rotations that are applied to the sculpture's component parts. This data is available in the right panel of this page in the 'technical data' tab. The animation can be reset at any time by clicking the button below and the zodiac carvings on the inner circle of the sculpture can be viewed at any time by clicking on the other button.

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This particular webpage, on the right side panel, explains the sculpture's Venus model and follows on from the previous page which explained the Moon system and the fundamental alignments the accompany it. It is advised to read that page before reading this one.



Carving of Venus

Explanation
Technical data

Venus

Zodiac signs Aquarius and Scorpio

The sculpture of the God that represent Venus has been identified through scholarly research and its identification is not under question. It is shown on the left panel of this page in detail and is highlighted in white on the central circle of the main dynamic illustration in the Aquarius zodiac section.

The geometric alignment line of this God is shown on the left panel image by the yellow line. On the main image the dashed alignment line is shown coming from the top of the God's staff and at the point where this line intersects with the alignment line coming from the principal God's staff it is rotated anticlockwise by exactly 88 degrees. This is the angle that was defined on the previous page when the zodiac was calibrated using the Moon's astronomy data.

A small image of Venus can now be added to the diagram in line with the 88 degree line and on the outer circular static frame of the carving, along with two white circles either side of the zodiac segment portion of the central carving to aid with clarity when looking at the alignments.

On the illustration the two parts of the inner circle have already been aligned so that the principal God is pointing to the Vernal equinox at the top of the outer frame, but importantly the Zodiac outer section of this inner circle has not yet been rotated into position. This is because, prior to this rotation being applied, the Aquarius zodiac division line is marked out by the staff of the Venus God as can be seen on the illustration.

Once this has been identified and noted, the zodiac portion of the inner circle can be rotated into its correctly aligned position in the same manner that was explained on the previous page regarding the Moon.
As can be seen in the illustration, once this rotation has been applied, the first point in Scorpio is now marked out by the Venus alignment line. The second of the zodiac segment divisions has been geometrically defined. This division line aligns with the scales on the Libra carving, so technically is the last point in Libra rather than the first point in Scorpio.

The first of the astronomy angles for Venus at the moment of the 2729 BCE winter solstice from the NASA DE441 ephemeris can now be applied to the dynamic illustration.
The second of the astronomy angles that defines the periapsis point is the next angle to be applied.
The true anomaly can finally be applied to Venus and the planet ends up in the winter solstice alignment circles correctly positioned as the second planet from the Sun.
The technical data from the NASA ephemerides that is used to perform the astronomy rotations along with technical notes regarding the rotations is listed in the technical data tab at the top of this panel.


Due to the logic used in the design the planets have to be solved in a particular order, the next of these being Saturn.

Click here to be taken to the Saturn page.